People managers who display the highest effectiveness in managing relationships display certain behaviors that make them unique. These behaviors lead them to do certain actions that can be emulated by others.
Through the Great People Manager Study®, we have interacted with >100,000 employees, who have shared what is it that they appreciate about their managers. Using AI powered models, we analyzed these comments, identifying patterns between them and defining action areas where the managers are the most appreciated.
We found out that the Great Managers to Work With™, the ones who have crossed a particular threshold score in people manager effectiveness, have clear difference in terms of the actions they are most appreciated for, versus the rest.
The great managers create effective motivation strategies, focus on lots of positivity in their actions, and try to create a culture of strong work ethic through their actions. Here, we see the top areas related to actions done by the managers where they are the most appreciated.
While these action areas by the great managers are the most appreciated, some of them are also seen in the other managers. Hence, we decided to decode what are the most differentiating action areas, as demonstrated by great managers while not being common amongst others.
If we identify these areas, managers can design various actions around how they work with their team members, by deriving inspirations from the same.
We realized actions that demonstrate consistency in their behaviors, along with activities that try to build a culture of innovation, are some of the biggest differentiating actions by the great managers
This analysis creates a template for various people managers, that they look at their superpowers and weaknesses in terms of their behavior, and design action plans to work on these behaviors, while enhancing these plans with the aforementioned reas that are the most appreciated for great managers.
